White dust after c41

[yya]

I know it’s hard to determine the cause, but I’d still like to hear everyone’s thoughts. I used unexpired film and Ilford chemicals, but after developing, I noticed white specks that look like dust or sand, and they can’t be washed off.

 

[pentaxuser]

Can I take it you used b&w chems( Ilford) to develop a C41 film Can you say what these were, their age etc i.e can you tell us more about exactly what you did ?

Thanks

pentaxuser

 

[koraks]

. I used unexpired film and Ilford chemicals

Was the fixer used before? How did you wash the film after fixing? Did you use a final rinse/stabilizer product and if so, was that freshly prepared or reused?

 

[BrianShaw]

Can I take it you used b&w chems( Ilford) to develop a C41 film Can you say what these were, their age etc i.e can you tell us more about exactly what you did ?

Thanks

pentaxuser

Perhaps this?:

ILFORD ILFOCOLOR C41 Processing Kit 2.5L – Ilford Ilfocolor

ilfocolor.com

 

[BrianShaw]

It might help to also describe your water. Is your water hard; Is your water softened? Either could be responsible for white residue.

 

[pentaxuser]

Perhaps this?:

ILFORD ILFOCOLOR C41 Processing Kit 2.5L – Ilford Ilfocolor

ilfocolor.com

Could well be. I admit I hadn't give Ilford and Ilford Ilfocolor a single thought. When I saw the word Ilford I just assumed the "new" or is that the "old" Ilford whose name Harman still uses for its b&w chemicals and its range of former Ilford films was the Mobberley version of Ilford

Probably time to get a law passed that says Harman needs to drop the Ilford name or at least insists that Ilford Ilfocolor drops the Ilford part of Ilfocolor

Nay, scrap that idea and regressive way of thinking otherwise the next thing I'll be latching onto is the need to send all those makers of "new" films to Devil's Island for the crime of using the word "new"

I'll just have to remain old and confused

pentaxuser

 

[BrianShaw]

Old and confused?? Me too, at least one of those.

 

[pentaxuser]

Old and confused?? Me too, at least one of those.

Given a choice choose the latter - there's still some hope of at least some alleviation. There's none in the case of the former

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

Ah, the folks who make Ilfocolor products actually own the "Ilford" name.
Harman merely enjoys borrowing it - they bought a perpetual license to do so, but only for the black and white stuff they do.

 

[pentaxuser]

Ah, the folks who make Ilfocolor products actually own the "Ilford" name.
Harman merely enjoys borrowing it - they bought a perpetual license to do so, but only for the black and white stuff they do.

Yes I do understand all of this as it has been discussed quite a lot, Matt. My post was a kind of "old git" curmudgeonly joke in terms of the solution to the problem.
I was of course serious about "new" film makers being sent to Devil's Island now that Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman have left so they can't get even the pleasure of asking for their autographs

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

Yes I do understand all of this as it has been discussed quite a lot, Matt. My post was a kind of "old git" curmudgeonly joke in terms of the solution to the problem.
I was of course serious about "new" film makers being sent to Devil's Island now that Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman have left so they can't get even the pleasure of asking for their autographs

pentaxuser

Whenever I see Mobberly, I think of this:
So I'm always surprised by your American cinema references!